American Pronunciation |
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Bibliography | 1 |
Representation of Speech Sounds | 18 |
Organs of Speech | 33 |
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accent actual American assimilation became become beginning breath British called closed combination common Compare consonants continued correct corresponding cultivated descriptive name developed dialect Dictionary diphthong distinctive distinguish Early Modern element England English especially example fact final formerly French frequent fricative front heard Hence historical important indicated language later Latin length less letter lips lower means mouth natural Note noun Observe occurs organic originally palatal phonetic position practice present preserved pronounced pronunciation r-colored vowel reason regularly remains Repeat represented result secondary short similar sometimes sound South Southern speakers speech speech sounds spelling spelt standard stop stress student syllable symbol teeth tion tongue true unaccented unstressed usage usually varies velum verbs vocal cords voiced voiceless vowel words written